Amélie is a romantic comedy featuring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Serge Merlin, Dominique Pinon, and Claire Maurier. The film is co-produced by French and Germany companies.
The story was written by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Jeunet serving as director of the movie.
The movie opened in France in April 2001 and into wide release in the United States in February 2002.
Amélie received the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for five Academy Awards,
including Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film.
Rating: R for sexual content.
Length: 2 hours 2 minutes.
Amélie (2001)
Category
Severity
Time
Description
Sentence Before
0:00:55-0:01:05
Fly mentioned once and seen/heard.
On September 3rd, 1973...
0:06:12-0:06:41
Suicide is mentioned twice.
Neighbor: "After this, I can stay awake day and night." Narrator: "Amelie has one friend, Blubber."
0:07:07-0:07:14
Elevated views are briefly seen.
Narrator: "A decision is made." Mother: "Enough!"
0:08:56-0:09:03
A suicide (jumping) is discussed and seen.
Narrator: "One day, tragedy strikes. Amandine takes Amélie to Notre Dame to pray for a baby brother. Minutes later, Heaven sends, alas, ..."
0:09:01-0:09:03
A rapidly descending view is seen.
Narrator: "One day, tragedy strikes. Amandine takes Amélie to Notre Dame to pray for a baby brother. Minutes later, Heaven sends, alas, ..."
0:12:10-0:12:15
A bug is seen and highlighted in the background.
Narrator: "Some Fridays, Amélie sees a movie." Amélie: "I like looking back at people's faces in the dark." ...
0:12:44-0:13:04
An elevated and descending view is seen.
Narrator: "Instead, she cultivates a taste for small pleasures -- dipping her hand into sacks of grain... Cracking crème brûlée with a teaspoon..."
0:22:58-0:23:04
An elevated view is seen.
Narrator: "When Amélie lacked playmates, Nino had too many." ...
0:36:13-0:36:29
An elevated and descending view is seen.
Amélie: "A baby's watching a dog that's watching rotisserie chickens. Now we're at the kiosk by the metro."
0:40:14-0:40:29
An elevated and descending view is seen.
None
0:41:16-0:42:13
An ascending and descending view is seen.
Nino: "Mister! Mister! Wait!"
0:57:20-0:57:30
An elevated view is seen.
Dad: "No explanation." Amélie: "He wants to see the world?" Dad: "I can't understand it."
1:08:00-1:08:09
An elevated view is seen briefly.
Raymond: "Luck is like the Tour de France. You wait, and it flashes past you. You have to catch it while you can."
1:10:27-1:10:49
Large webs and fake are seen.
Ticket taker: "No. He doesn't get in until 7:00." Amélie: "Is there no way to see him before then?" Ticket taker: "Sure. 20 francs." ...
1:16:58-1:17:15
An elevated and descending view is seen.
Amélie: "Page 51." Note: "Do you want to meet me?"
1:18:06-1:18:12
A mild elevated view is seen.
Amélie: "Page 51." Note: "Do you want to meet me?" ...
1:18:51-1:18:55
"Bug" said once.
Joseph: "He told police he wanted to see the stars." Georgette: "Ain't life beautiful, though?"
1:21:29-1:22:25
Multiple mild elevated views are seen.
Amélie: "You could never be a vegetable, because even artichokes have hearts." ...
1:44:21-1:44:25
An elevated view is seen.
None
1:51:13-1:51:16
An elevated view is seen briefly.
Nino: "Amélie? Amélie? ... I'll be back." ...
1:52:38-1:52:40
An elevated view is seen again briefly.
Raymond: "So, go get him, for Pete's sake."
1:56:05-1:56:22
An elevated view is seen.
None
1:56:43-1:56:54
An elevated view is seen.
Narrator: "... while in Villette Park, Felix Lerbier, learns that there are more links in his brain than atoms in the universe."
